NaNoWriMo is on the waaaaaay!
Category: writing
What are words
The other day I finished the first draft on that second novel I had been writing for the past months. It is very interesting to see, how, when I finally reached the end, I didn’t feel like I accomplished anything.
When the hero is not a very good hero (but a great character)
When heroes are not really heroes but deeply humans, things can turn to shit. Good shit.
Autumn finally!
This summer was long.
Mind you, it wasn’t bad and I’m in no way complaining, but the damn thing was so long that I was erasing days from the calendar, one by one, until the arrival of September. Fortunately, the weather changed alongside the month. September brought my vacation, my marriage, and beautiful moments with my family and close friends that made all this dragging worthwhile.
Changing the scenery
For a while now, I have been flirting with the idea to make myself get out every day and go to a café to write. From previous experiences, it has always helped me when I was serious about the work I wanted to do and the fact that I needed a distraction-free environment (yes, I mean the internet).
I like being around of people when I work. I like the voices around me that make no sense, the random noise in the café, the music in the background that most times is unbearable, people moving around endlessly. All these create a kind of white noise that helps me focus. It’s enough for me to shut it out, and not enough to distract me.
Camp Nano Finished
As predicted, Camp Nano finished without me succeeding to reach my goal. I would say I’m totally fine with it, but I’m not. Not because I didn’t win, but because I didn’t make the progress that I wanted on my book.